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Habemus oratorem!
Whatever else the current Pope may be, the appreciations of his writing ability were not exaggerated. His sermon during the Mass of inauguration, apart from being spoken in excellent Italian with only a little accent (curiously enough, the German accent was much more clear and obtrusive in his Latin), was, quite simply, the finest speech of any kind I have heard in fifteen years. (Since, that is, the then Sir Geoffrey Howe destroyed Margaret Thatcher in Parliament - a moment I will always cherish - with one of the deadliest displays of deceptively quiet oratory any man can ever have delivered.) One could tell that he had been a professor - a lot of it could be described as exegesis, explanation of doctrine and of Christian imagery, done extremely well and yet with a simplicity that would commend itself to every faithful. I have been worried about Pope Benedict's lack of his predecessor's tremendous charisma, but it seems that he does have his own way of reaching out to a mass of listeners.
I apologize for writing only about the Pope of late. I have little access to the Internet since my computers started snarling themselves up again, and I can only find the time to write about matters I find very important. Anyway, I think that, after a final assessment of the last Pope - which is in the works - this will be the end of this subject, unless something happens to stimulate me.
I apologize for writing only about the Pope of late. I have little access to the Internet since my computers started snarling themselves up again, and I can only find the time to write about matters I find very important. Anyway, I think that, after a final assessment of the last Pope - which is in the works - this will be the end of this subject, unless something happens to stimulate me.